Ruth, I went through all my boxes looking for the WARD information. He was John William WARD who married Georgia Rainer dau of June Capps. His second marriage was to Mary Ann Roberts He was b. abt. 1850-1860 time period and his mothe was a ________Summerlin and his father was a ___________WARD. His mother may have been Lucille or Lucy Summerlin. Any help is greatly appreciated Gayle L. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth R. Westbrook" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [KORNEGAY-L] visited Duplin/New Bern > Sorry, Gayle but I doo not know the history on the > Ward's.I do know that there used to be a book in the > Public Library in Kenansville on the Ward family. > The Summerlin's settled around what is now Summerlin's > Cross Roads. Am related to some Summerlins through > marriage - but am not familiar with Lucy. > Wonder who her parents were. > Summerlin's X Rods of mpt far from Ward's Bridge Rd. > Good hunting > Ruth > > > > > > At 01:30 PM 8/11/01 -0700, you wrote: > >Ruth, > >Hello. The Ward's Bridge you mention is it where a lot of Ward's lived. I > >am searching for info on Benjamin Ward who married Nancy Hinson. Also a > >John William Ward whose mother may have been a Lucy Summerlin? Any help is > >appreciated. Gayle L. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ruth R. Westbrook" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 1:24 PM > >Subject: Re: [KORNEGAY-L] visited Duplin/New Bern > > > > > > > -Matt, sure wish that I had know that you and your wife were coming this > > > way. I live only about 2 miles from Ward's Bridge Road. > > > The oldest Kornegay cemetery is about 1/4 mile from my house. there is > > > some of Jacob's descendants is buried in a cemetery > > > on hwy 11 not too many miles from Ward's Bridge Road. > > > If I am still around and you come this way I will be happy to show you > > > around this end of Duplin. > > > Ruth > > > > > > > > > > > > At 08:20 AM 8/11/01 -0400, you wrote: > > > >My wife and I are on a vacation. We set out Monday (Aug 6) from > > > >Murfreesboro, TN (near Nashville) with no plans or deadlines other than > >to > > > >make it down to Columbia, SC by Saturday (Aug 11). After moseying (first > > > >time I ever tried to write that word down!) through East Tennessee and > > > >Western NC for a couple of days, I made the trek I have been wanting to > > > >make for years...I drove to the eastern side of NC and drove through > > > >Duplin County. We drove through Kornegay three times trying to find > > > >it! Then we drove to Kenansville. On the way there, I passed a "Ward's > > > >Bridge Rd.", and, since my Ward ancestors are from that county, too, I > >had > > > >to back up and turn on it to see what I could see....mostly turkey > > > >farms! We visited the museum in Kenansville and drove around in the > > > >historic district (which is just about the whole town) for a short while. > > > > > > > >Interesting incident occured while eating lunch in a Bojangles in > > > >Goldsboro just before we turned south to go to Duplin Co: I was studying > > > >the map to see the best route to take and an older fellow at the next > > > >table asked me where I was going. When I told him Duplin Co. to see > >where > > > >my ancestors had come from, he asked if I had ever met......Dallas > > > >Herring! How about that! I told him that I hadn't had the privilege of > > > >meeting him but I had corresponded with him years ago. Many of us with > > > >roots in Duplin Co. owe a great deal to the genealogy work of Dr. > > > >Herring. Turns out the fellow at the next table had served on the NC > > > >community college board under Dr. Herring and later I believe chaired it > > > >himself. > > > > > > > >I regret that it was getting late in the day as we left Kenansville and I > > > >wanted to make some tracks toward New Bern before dark, so we didn't take > > > >the time to back track up the other route that would have taken us to Mt. > > > >Olive and Rose Hill. Maybe next time. > > > > > > > >We drove on to New Bern, the landing place of our Kornegay ancestor. I > > > >was surprised to find that they pronounce New Bern with the emphasis on > > > >the "New", basically like it was one word "Newbern". The old historic > > > >district of New Bern is fascinating! It's like a little Savannah or > > > >Charleston. I wish we hadn't had that Saturday deadline to get to my > > > >son's house in SC, but my granddaughter's fourth birthday's won't wait! > > > > > > > >Anyway, I just wanted to say, I have made my pilgrimage, now. > > > > > > > >Matt Ward (gggggrandson of Capt. Jacob Kornegay through his daughter, > > > >Rockalena (Roxie Laney) and John Ward. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > > >To contact the list admin send email to [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > > To post messages to this list send To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > >To post messages to this list send To: [email protected]; > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this listsend to > >[email protected] or if your are using the digest mode > >substitute a D for the L. > > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > To post messages to this list send To: [email protected]; > To subscribe or unsubscribe send to [email protected] > >